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Collection of the private acts of the General Assembly of the state of North Carolina: from the year 1715, to the year 1790, inclusive, now in force and use

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perfon9 who ('hall purchafe any other lot or let* In {he f.»!d town, st the proper C9R *n<3 ehurge* of the ("nid grantee
orgrmtees to whom the fame (hail be couy^yed, and -my perfon claiming any lot or lots la the faidtewn bv virtue of
any fuch conveyance, Rrijl and may hold ana enjoy the fame in fee Ample.
<V. And be it further enacted, by the authority afirefa'id, that the rcfpetlive fubferibers for the faid lots fhall, "with-in
three months aft« it fhall he alcertained to whom each of the faid Tots doh belong, in manner herein before
mentioned, pay and fatisfy to the f .id commifficmers the fum of forty fliiMings for each lot by them fubferibed for j
and in cafe of the rcfufal or i.eglett of any fubicriber to pay the (aid fum, the laid commiiiioners fhall and may com-n.
ence a fuit for the fame in their own names, and therein fhall recover judgment with cofE.
And for continuing the fucceifion of rhe faid cominiflioners, be it enaJeU, that in cafe of death, refufal to aft,
or removal out o; the Hate of any of the faid to nmiflionei s, the furviving or other tommiftioaers or a majority of them
fliall affemble, an i th.iU from rime to t 'me by an inilr anient in writing under their refpeftive hn.ds and feals, nomi-ii
ite fonts other perfon, being an inhabitant or freeholder at" ihe faid iowii, in the glace of him fo dying, rcfufing
toa£t, or removing out of ihe ft, te, whith ne.w cjrnnvff.cner fo nominated and ppontcd, fhali fro.n thenceforth
have the fame power and authoriry in allthings concerning the matter herein contained, as it he had been cxprefsly
nominated ai.d appointed by this act.
Chap. LX. An nfffof eftablijhing atrun on the lands of Mistl Scurlock, deceafed, in Chatham county,
\Tt 7HER HAS it hath been represented to this General Affcmbly that the lands belonging to the eftate of Mial Scur-
VV lock, dec. whereon the court houfe and o:ber j^ublic building, in the county of Chad an now ftand, is an
exceeding healthy p'eafant f< uat.on, weil watered and commodious for commerce, being (ituata in a rich and fertile
part of tnc country, and lundry mercluns and perfons of diftinct.on in the lower parts ot the date, are d< firous that
a town fliould be erect:; d thereon with adefign of becoming purchafers of lots, and eredt buildings for the reception
of their families in the fummer month,-, it will alfo gre.itly tend-to the eafeand convenience o; the inhabitanta of
that county in particular, and the weftern parts of this ftate in.general. And whereas it appdrshy a certificate un-
Aer the hands of Swab Scurlock, executrix, and James Howard, executor of the laft will md teftament of the faid
dcceaEd, that they are impowereJ by the laft will and teftament of the faid deceafed to difpofe of the laid land, and
they. have-given their affem ihat one hundred acres lliould be laid off for a town.
I. Belt therefore en ft d by the General Ajjanbiy of the Stale of North-Carolina, and it is hereby enaEledby ihe authority of
thefame, that the tiuftecs hereafter appointed, or a m jority of them flia!! a:, loon as may be after the pafhng of this
n6f, caufe one hundred acres oi land to.be laid off in halt acre lots each, with con. enient ftrecs, lanes and alleys,
:md an hundred acres for t'.ie public buildings ; which lots io laid off according to the directions of this aft, are hereby
conitituted and erected a town by rhe name P ittfbo'ougb.
II. n Ihe it further enacted, bv the authority af.rfad. th it from and after, the psiTi.ig of this a& , that Jo'-ph Stew-art,
JJ n Monti;: -nerv, Jif'phErjnlly, ZacariJ) Harmon, EiifbaCain, C crge Luvas, Matthew Jons, Will. Vetlol,
James Anderftn, lifq-s. be and they are hereby confirmed truitces for the defignin,>, building and carrying on the
laid town, and ihey fliall (land feized of an indcfeafible edate in Ee iimp'e if tire faid one hundred acres of land, to
and for the ufes, intents and pur, ofes hereby exjireii'ed ani declared ; a a they or a majority of them fhall have full
power to meet as of en as they fli.ili think neceffary, and caufe a plan 1 thereof to le made, arid tberen to inlert a
mark or number to <=ach lot ; and asibon as the laid town (ball be iai.l out as aforefid, they and each of them fhall
have power to take fubferiptions for the fa d lots of f.ch perions us are willing to fubfer be theretor , and when the
faid truftees have takni fuofcrptions for eighty lots or Upward*, they fhall appoint a day and give public notice of the
day and place appointed for the drawing of the faid lots ; which (hall be done by b Hot in a fair and open manner by
ihe direction and in the pn fence of a majority of the r.ultees ; and fuch fub ferine r (hill be entitled to fuch lot or
lots which frui 1 be dtiwn for him, according to the mark or nombei i:i the plan of the fad to a n ; and the faid truf-tees
or a majority of them fliall nuke and execute deed* for granting and conreyin^ tne 1 its as aforelaid to the fub-feribers,
th'-ii- heirs and aiTj/ trs for ever : and al:o to every other p rf,n who ilia 1 purchafe anv other lot or lots in
the faid to j a at the coft and charge of t e f«d grantees ; and any perfon claiming any lot or lots by virtue of any
filch conveyance, (hail and may hold the fame in fee limpV.
ill. And hi it.fjtrtber cniB birity qfr.rejald-, tint e.ch and every fubferiber for any lot or lots in the faid
town, fhall wi bin one month a ter it (hall be .fceruine-d to whom the fjid lots doth belong in manner hereinbefore
rnemioned, and hefe-rc any grim or com ey.r.'ee fha 1 be made, (h A'< pay and (atisfy to the (aid 'rtiltees or cue of
them, fuch fum or fums of money1 as the truftees or a mijori y of the ir (hall have fixed as the pike of each lot by
h'm fubfer bed for; ai d in cafe • f the neglect orreluftl ot any tub criberto pay the faid fum, the laid truftees fli dl
and ir.iy cemrnence and pr, feeutea fa ft for ti.e famej and therein fliall recover judgment wrh colls of fu:t: And
the faid truftees & fll as too:, as they receive the money; pay and Etisfy to Sa-a/j ilettrhck, executrix, and James tibie-ad,
execuior of the Eiu VIi.il SrurloHi, dec rhefuar of En pounds for each atre, in full fat;sf cfion for the Eid
land, and ihe icfidue if a .y (had be applied towards tiefraymg t e exnences of laying off and improving the faid
town.
IV. Andh- iff rtker era ¥eV; iy lie authority rfv/jd, that in o fe Of rt« death. -refuEi loaft, or removal nut of
the County, of any of the m-iWcj, the furvivc'i Jr fsuvivftrj of them arc t»e*ebj i.njjowercd fium lime to time, fcy

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perfon9 who ('hall purchafe any other lot or let* In {he f.»!d town, st the proper C9R *n<3 ehurge* of the ("nid grantee
orgrmtees to whom the fame (hail be couy^yed, and -my perfon claiming any lot or lots la the faidtewn bv virtue of
any fuch conveyance, Rrijl and may hold ana enjoy the fame in fee Ample.
, building and carrying on the
laid town, and ihey fliall (land feized of an indcfeafible edate in Ee iimp'e if tire faid one hundred acres of land, to
and for the ufes, intents and pur, ofes hereby exjireii'ed ani declared ; a a they or a majority of them fhall have full
power to meet as of en as they fli.ili think neceffary, and caufe a plan 1 thereof to le made, arid tberen to inlert a
mark or number to <=ach lot ; and asibon as the laid town (ball be iai.l out as aforefid, they and each of them fhall
have power to take fubferiptions for the fa d lots of f.ch perions us are willing to fubfer be theretor , and when the
faid truftees have takni fuofcrptions for eighty lots or Upward*, they fhall appoint a day and give public notice of the
day and place appointed for the drawing of the faid lots ; which (hall be done by b Hot in a fair and open manner by
ihe direction and in the pn fence of a majority of the r.ultees ; and fuch fub ferine r (hill be entitled to fuch lot or
lots which frui 1 be dtiwn for him, according to the mark or nombei i:i the plan of the fad to a n ; and the faid truf-tees
or a majority of them fliall nuke and execute deed* for granting and conreyin^ tne 1 its as aforelaid to the fub-feribers,
th'-ii- heirs and aiTj/ trs for ever : and al:o to every other p rf,n who ilia 1 purchafe anv other lot or lots in
the faid to j a at the coft and charge of t e f«d grantees ; and any perfon claiming any lot or lots by virtue of any
filch conveyance, (hail and may hold the fame in fee limpV.
ill. And hi it.fjtrtber cniB birity qfr.rejald-, tint e.ch and every fubferiber for any lot or lots in the faid
town, fhall wi bin one month a ter it (hall be .fceruine-d to whom the fjid lots doth belong in manner hereinbefore
rnemioned, and hefe-rc any grim or com ey.r.'ee fha 1 be made, (h A'< pay and (atisfy to the (aid 'rtiltees or cue of
them, fuch fum or fums of money1 as the truftees or a mijori y of the ir (hall have fixed as the pike of each lot by
h'm fubfer bed for; ai d in cafe • f the neglect orreluftl ot any tub criberto pay the faid fum, the laid truftees fli dl
and ir.iy cemrnence and pr, feeutea fa ft for ti.e famej and therein fliall recover judgment wrh colls of fu:t: And
the faid truftees & fll as too:, as they receive the money; pay and Etisfy to Sa-a/j ilettrhck, executrix, and James tibie-ad,
execuior of the Eiu VIi.il SrurloHi, dec rhefuar of En pounds for each atre, in full fat;sf cfion for the Eid
land, and ihe icfidue if a .y (had be applied towards tiefraymg t e exnences of laying off and improving the faid
town.
IV. Andh- iff rtker era ¥eV; iy lie authority rfv/jd, that in o fe Of rt« death. -refuEi loaft, or removal nut of
the County, of any of the m-iWcj, the furvivc'i Jr fsuvivftrj of them arc t»e*ebj i.njjowercd fium lime to time, fcy